Streamer for Southwest Asia Service owned by Gen. Colin Powell

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A Southwest Asia Service streamer owned by General Colin L. Powell. This forked lengthy rayon battle streamer was awarded to General Powell for his leadership, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Southwest Asia theater of operations from 1990 until his retirement in 1993. The streamer is designed with double-sided horizontal colors and features a tan background with a black border and skinny black stripe through a dark green center. On each side of the green center are groupings of red, white, and blue stripes. Three (3) dark bronze silks stars are embroidered across the center. A brass grommet hole for hanging is positioned at the center top end of the streamer. There are no additional stars embroidered on the reverse of the streamer.

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